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Officials spoke to reporters about scams using electronic mail messages for identity theft. The scam involved “phishing site” links in which thieves tricked consumers into giving out persona…

Health experts and industry lobbyists debated the extent to which prescription drugs should be converted to “over the counter” status. They also talked about the sometimes blurry line betwee…

Participants talked about threats to children’s safety posed by various products and about measures to protect children. Among the issues they addressed were health risks, educating parents,…

Journalists talked about the media’s role in covering stories about health risks to children. Among the issues they addressed were the reliability of sources, the pressure to break stories, …

Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia), chaired this meeting of the Alliance for Health Reform. Participants discussed the benefits provided by Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) reg…

The panelists discussed consumer issues, the effects of weight loss programs, and how consumers could be better informed about such programs.

Subcommittee members heard testimony concerning laws to prevent the practice of telephone slamming, which is the unauthorized change of a consumer’s phone carrier. Representatives from long …

President Bill Clinton announced that garment industry, union, human rights organization and religious group representatives had reached an agreement on a code of employment at garment facto…